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Re: 2nd person inanimate (WAS: Numbers from 1 to 12 in Ayeri)

From:Mark P. Line <mark@...>
Date:Thursday, June 17, 2004, 14:13
Matt Trinsic said:
> > But wouldn't it be interesting to invent a language in which a 2nd
person > inanimate is useful? Maybe a language where it is used when you are
> writing a letter? Viewing it as yourself talking to the paper, and the > paper later talking to the intended recipient. I am sure there must be > other interesting ways of making 2nd person inanimate useful as well. Or > maybe I am just a sucker for bizarre languages ;)
I often feel like I'm talking to a brick wall. Brick walls are inanimate, aren't they? -- Mark